1893 deaths

Russian composer (1840–1893)

French writer (1850-1893)

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army. He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. Hayes earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising in the ranks to serve as brevet major general. After the war, he was a prominent member of the "Half-Breed" faction of the Republican Party. Hayes served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.

third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)

French literary critic and historian (1828-1893)

French composer (1818–1893)

Polish painter (1838–1893)

French neurologist (1825–1893)

Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835-1893)

Irish physicist (1820–1893)

French politician (1832-1893)

German mathematician (1810–1893)

American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)

Bulgarian ruler (1857–1893)

3rd Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

Spanish poet, writer, fighter (1817–1893)

American abolitionist and suffragist (1818-1893)

British painter (1821–1893)

American politician (1830–1893)

Confederate general (1818–1893)

Swiss botanist (1806-1893)

Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist (1810–1893)

German prince (1818–1893)

Polish painter (1854–1893)

Italian operatic composer (1854-1893)

English lexicographer (1813–1893)

President of Mexico (1833–1893)

British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist (1821–1893)

Monarch of Tonga (1797–1893)

Spanish lawyer, writer and feminist activist, editor (1820-1893)

American politician (1808–1893)

Austrian politician (1813-1893)

American general and politician (1818–1893)

Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834-1893)

Georgian writer (1848–1893)

14th Premier of New Zealand (1839-1893)

American historian (1823–1893)

English actress and writer (1809–1893)

Prime Minister of France (1827-1893)

Swiss astronomer (1816-1893)

French politician and writer (1804-1893)

English painter (1836-1893)

English writer and classical scholar (1817–1893)

last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1838-1893)

German prince (1831-1893)

American photographer and lamp manufacturer (1809–1893)

American actor (1833–1893)

Italian journalist, poet, and novelist (1824-1893)

Confederate States Army general (1824-1893)

Dutch philosopher (1822-1893)

Russian writer (1825–1893)

British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)

English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)

Romanian-Argentinian explorer and mercenary, accused of genocide (1857-1893)

Princess of Parma (1847–1893), Duchess of Madrid

Bulgarian writer (1830-1893)

Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

German chess player and chess composer (1829–1893)

Swiss-born, American theologian and ecclesiastical historian (1819–1893)